Becker Brakel is a German company that specializes in bent plywood and veneers for furniture. They hold a biennial Design Forum, where designers are invited to explore and experiment with molded wood forms. Brakel then prototypes the designs.
At last year’s Brakel Design Forum, Canadian industrial designer Nathan Martell first conceived of this Layup Chair:
That’s a form the Eameses could never have dreamt of, given the technology of their era. However, Martell actually got the design into production: The Layup is now manufactured by British design furniture brand Established & Sons (presumably using Brakel’s technology).
